Yale Performs Well at Intercollegiate Classic at Home

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale hosted over 15 teams at
the 28th Intercollegiate Track Classic this weekend. It
was the second meet that the Bulldogs have hosted at Coxe Cage this
season, and the first meet after winter break. The indoor season is
still young, and the Bulldogs were testing their legs at the
unscored meet.

Yale hosted schools such as Connecticut, Quinnipiac, New Haven
and Sacred Heart in the meet.

Yale did particularly well in long distance events. Senior
Alexandra Cadicamo won the 3,000-meter run in a personal record of
10:04.77. Senior Stephanie Pearl finished third in the event in
10:10.40, and sophomore Jennifer Downing was ninth. Junior Liya
Assefa came in seventh in the mile run.

Yale featured two teams in the distance medley relay, which
placed first and third. The A team, which won the event in
12:19.05, consisted of senior Stephany Reaves, freshman Allison
Rue, junior All-American Kate Grace and sophomore Anne Lovelace.
The B team finished in 12:42.56.

The Bulldogs' other relay teams also performed well: both the
4x400-meter relay team and the 4x800-meter relay team finished in
fourth place. The 4x800-meter relay team finished in 9:45.78, and
included Lovelace, Assefa, freshman Elizabeth Marvin and freshman
Jennifer Donnelly. Yale actually fielded three 4x400-meter relay
teams. The A team included Rue, freshman Annalies Gamble, Reaves
and Grace. The A team finished in 4:01.19, the B team came in ninth
and the C team was 11th.

"The 4x400-meter and 4x800-meter relays should be areas of depth
for us this season," said Mark Young '68, the Mark T. Young '68
Director of Cross Country and Track and Field.

In shorter distances, freshman Adele Jackson-Gibson was ninth in
the 60-meter dash in 7.77. Sophomore Alexa Monti finished in 7.93.

Yale had a great showing in field events. Freshman Jenna Poggi
came in second in the pole vault with a height of 3.35
meters. In the high jump, King and junior Emily Standish finished
fifth and seventh, respectively. King also finished 10th
in the long jump. Junior Rachel Kuschner came in ninth in both the
weight throw (11.33m) and the shot put (9.56m).

The Bulldogs will next compete against Dartmouth and Columbia in
Hanover, N.H., on Jan. 23.